Thomas Kayserling

Thomas Kayserling (18 August 1892-30 June 1934) was a Sturmabteilung (SA) leader who was killed during the Night of the Long Knives in 1934.

Biography
Thomas Kayserling was born on 18 August 1892 in Hanover, German Empire to a family of Protestant Germans. He joined the Imperial German Army during World War I after serving in the army reserves since 1910, and he saw action on the successful Eastern Front against the Russian Empire. However, in November 1918 the November Armistice ended World War I as Germany was close to defeating the Soviet Union, which made Kayserling believe that the Jewish diplomats sent to the Treaty of Versailles were responsible for the fall of the German Empire. Kayserling joined the Nazi Party due to his opposition to the breakup of Germany, and he became a Sturmabteilung (SA) leader during the German Revolution's street violence between Weimar Republic loyalists, Freikorps nationalists, and communist rebels. His loyalty to Adolf Hitler was sincere, but on 30 June 1934 he was purged in the Night of the Long Knives due to his SA membership.